Douchetastic! WaPo journo-jackass resorts to mocking Harvard Republican's name

Columnist makes fun of college student for having the wrong name. This is literally schoolyard bully behavior. https://t.co/NdgxVFGStq

— PoliMath (@politicalmath) August 4, 2016

Earlier today, the Harvard Republican announced in a press release that they would not be supporting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign:

BREAKING: The Harvard Republican Club announced it would not support Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump https://t.co/OhKvOymu7m

— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) August 4, 2016

.@harvardgop described @realDonaldTrump as a “threat to the Republic,” announced it would not support the nominee. https://t.co/OhKvOymu7m

— The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) August 4, 2016

More from the Harvard Crimson:

In the scathing statement, the largest conservative group at Harvard cited “both policy and temperamental concerns” about Trump and condemned his divisive campaign rhetoric they say “is poisoning our country and our children.”

The Republican Club polled its members earlier this week and found that 10 percent of Harvard Republicans intend to support Trump for president, while an “overwhelming majority”—80 percent of polled club members—indicated they would not support the party nominee and 10 percent remained undecided.

“His authoritarian tendencies and flirtations with fascism are unparalleled in the history of our democracy,” the Republican Club said in a statement. “He hopes to divide us by race, by class, and by religion, instilling enough fear and anxiety to propel himself to the White House.”

People. Just imagine the meeting where this discussion took place. “Well, Declan,” one of them likely said, “the ‘Federalist Papers’ offer some guidance to the intentions and fears of the founders, of course, but I think we must consider the deeper roots of republicanism, small ‘r’ ” — a smirking glance around the room — “and so I offer that we turn to Plato.”

By the way, I did not make up the name Declan. The president of the club is named Declan P. Garvey. I actually called the Crimson just to make sure that the whole thing wasn’t a joke, since Declan P. Garvey couldn’t possibly be the name of the president of the Harvard Republican Club. It is. It is a name so astonishingly on the nose that you’d want to have it removed by an elite plastic surgeon who was himself once a member of the Harvard Republican Club.

So why can’t Declan, Chip and Charles IV support Trump?

Better question: Why can’t Philip Bump not act like a total jackass?

I'm sure @TheFix is glad his platform is being used to insult a really great college student because @pbump thinks his name is funny.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson (@KSoltisAnderson) August 4, 2016

Declan P. Garvey’s, like, such a joke, you guys. Not like that super-serious and totally professional journalist Philip Bump.

Former Harvard Republican Club president Aaron Henricks certainly seems impressed:

"ghahahah teens are so stupid" – adult journalist writing piece making fun of college student's name…

— Aaron Henricks (@AaronHenricks) August 4, 2016

As does Harvard Republican Blake Paterson:

https://twitter.com/blakepat95/status/761296695573422080

https://twitter.com/blakepat95/status/761296916378288128

https://twitter.com/blakepat95/status/761302139880648704

https://twitter.com/blakepat95/status/761302859652530176

https://twitter.com/blakepat95/status/761322107686924288

As Donald Trump would say, SAD!

This article is pure garbage https://t.co/P7Ip9MHivV

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) August 4, 2016

You seem nice and well-adjusted. https://t.co/ipiFHy5t3Z

— N. Bourbaki (@d08890) August 4, 2016

The thing I love about @pbump making fun of a college student's name is that he routinely derides those who think the press act like shits

— PoliMath (@politicalmath) August 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/JimboDKearney/status/761311208414871552

https://twitter.com/ThatAmyMiller/status/761320993616912385

Imagine how starved for clicks WaPo must be to take a collegiate paper's story about a campus org & make it thishttps://t.co/Dg26Wo3F3q

— Jessie Connelly (@JessConn5) August 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/LionJohnston/status/761311428527652869

I'm a @TheFix "Journalist" and my only skills are mocking people's name and drawing circles https://t.co/S2ukT1zDl0

— Swalwell Farted on TV and It Was Hilarious (@lamblock) August 4, 2016

thanks! Feel free to reach out if you ever need ideas on better content than baselessly ridiculing a hardworking college student

— Christy Lewis (@Cavalewis) August 4, 2016

.@pbump Your Harvard GOP article was terrible. These kids care about our country & are showing more leadership than many GOP adults.

— Ben Katz (@MeanestBossEver) August 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/sayheyDK/status/761305149595873280

https://twitter.com/JimboDKearney/status/761311814567198722

https://twitter.com/sayheyDK/status/761303371315867648

That was 3 minutes I'll never get back. I'll make sure to look out for your byline in the future.

— David Blumgart (@David_Blumgart) August 4, 2016

This is a sensible Harvard CR statement. Why is the Post making fun of it bc of a college student's name? https://t.co/u3Xfg7Qnrh

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) August 4, 2016

You find it funny, but I'm team @declanpgarvey and think this is gross. Will twitter shame you without hesitation. https://t.co/OWR9TAxmTU

— Kristen Soltis Anderson (@KSoltisAnderson) August 4, 2016

And speaking of shaming, Philip, you’re not the only one who can play this stupid game.

A) this just seems mean-spirited
B) should you really be making fun of anyone's name? https://t.co/I8jS5RSG7h

— Elise Terry ? (@elisecterry) August 4, 2016

We’ll just leave these here:

and his name is bump

— Amelia (@AmeliaHammy) August 4, 2016

If your name is Philip Bump you don't exactly have the leverage required to mock someone else's name. https://t.co/st69HJXwAF

— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 4, 2016